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ASTEROID BELT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The region of interplanetary space between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("asteroid belt" is a kind of...):

belt (an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found)

Holonyms ("asteroid belt" is a part of...):

interplanetary space (the part of outer space within the solar system)

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 Context examples: 

The amount of energy (per unit area) planet h receives from its star is comparable to what the dwarf planet Ceres, located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, gets from our sun.

(Astronomers Confirm Orbital Details of TRAPPIST-1’s Least Understood Planet, NASA)

With the exception of Ceres, which resides in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, all members of this class of minor planets in our solar system lurk in the depths beyond Neptune.

(2007 OR10: Largest Unnamed World in the Solar System, NASA)

As an object in the main asteroid belt, Hygiea satisfies right away three of the four requirements to be classified as a dwarf planet: it orbits around the Sun, it is not a moon and, unlike a planet, it has not cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit.

(ESO Telescope Reveals What Could be the Smallest Dwarf Planet Yet in the Solar System, ESO)